CHICAGO (WLS) — Three people were stabbed after denying giving a man free food, according to Chicago police.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe incident happened at fast-food restaurant around 8:29 a.m. in the 7800-block Western Avenue in Wrightwood on Sunday.A man, 18, and two 45-year-old women were in the restaurant when a man walked in.The suspect demanded free food from the cashier, police said.When the victim refused to comply, he pulled out a hatchet like object and started striking the victims.One of the 45-year-old women was taken to the hospital in serious condition.The 18-year-old and the…

And so it has finally closed, the portal to another dimension, the 24-hour purveyor of eggs and cigarettes and baked goods that claimed to be donuts, the David Lynch film come to life right here in San Francisco. I’m talking, of course, about Silver Crest, the donut shop on Bayshore Boulevard that improbably stayed open for over 50 years, becoming a San Francisco institution. Along the way, it also became a restaurant and bar, a hangout for drunks, a set for photoshoots and at least one music video, and a late-night “Heyyy, you wanna see something really weird?” double-dare for…

Plume, 100 W. 23rd, opened July 26 in the recently-opened Urban Office-West Heights development from Braun Enterprises. It’s the first project from Golden Ratio Hospitality Group, a newly-formed  company from Braun Enterprise partners Dan Braun and James Fitch, and Ted Baker, a food and beverage industry veteran for nearly three decades. click to enlarge Plume’s lounge is elegant and swanky. Photo by Michael Anthony The dynamic cocktail bar with its Art Deco-inspired interior will offer a tapas-style food menu along with creative cocktails. Guests will find a sumptuous space designed by Bradford Collier of B.W. Collier Interior Design of Houston.…

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The school year has ended, but childhood hunger has not. School districts across Tucson have started their free summer meals program.Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) and other school districts started their programs this week, which are meant to support families in need even after the school year ends.TUSD says they will serve around 1,000 free meals a day across 100 of their participating locations.For some kids, school breakfast and lunch are the only meals they eat. Data from Feeding America show that 1-in-5 children face hunger every day in Arizona.Jacqueline Grassmyer, site supervisor for the food…

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The sales-tax hiatus that Ohioans enjoy each year is being extended to restaurants for the first time.The state’s sales tax holiday traditionally applies to retail stores, but this year restaurants will be included.The tax hiatus runs midnight Tuesday, July 30, through 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8.Recent legislation added inclusion of dine-in food sales at restaurants as part of the tax break.As cleveland.com’s Jeremy Pelzer reported, Cleveland shoppers will save $8 on every $100 they spend on eligible items, based on Ohio’s 5.75% sales tax rate and Cuyahoga County’s 2.25% sales rate.Some limitations are in place.Alcohol is not…

Getty Images / vasiliybudarin Pizza is just plain yummy. If you love pizza as much as the next person, then rest easy that North Carolina has a special spot that’s a must-visit when it comes to pizza that’s mouth-wateringly good, according to food experts. So, both you and I can get ready to get our pizza on with these fantastic local choices for the cheese, sauce, bread and other good stuff. North Carolina Pizza Restaurant is a Must-Visit The much-anticipated 50 Top Pizza list was recently released for the U.S., and it’s one of the most revered pizza rankings that…

FRANKFORT, KY. — Mizkan America Inc., a subsidiary of Mizkan Group and manufacturer of pasta sauce and vinegar products, is investing $156 million to expand its Owensboro, Ky., facility. The project is expected to expand its facility by approximately 320,000 square feet, bringing its total to over 970,000 square feet, according to the company.“This project, which is in its design phase and will move to board approval early next year, would become a transformational project for Mizkan America,” said Koichi Yuki, chief executive officer of Mizkan Ameria Inc. “This new project would involve a substantial investment and demonstrates our strong commitment to…

SUMMERVILLE — A South Carolina-born chef who previously worked at Charleston restaurants like Swig & Swine and The Ordinary has opened a new takeout-focused restaurant inside a BP gas station in Summerville.Keoni’s Express is now open at 2703 Highway 17A South serving Gullah garlic wings, blackened salmon, fried shrimp, red rice, chicken perloo and more.The new meat-and-three is an extension of a food truck owner Marcus Middleton has been operating in Moncks Corner. A native of Alvin, Middleton is the brother of Quintin Middleton, who owns a custom knife company called Middleton Made Knives. The Berkeley County-based business has earned…

They’re giving kids a core curriculum. The NYC’s Department of Education food-service managers ordered three times as many apples as needed — forcing them to throw away thousands of cases of rotting fruit in the last four months, The Post has learned. In March, the city DOE’s Office of Food and Nutrition Services got an offer they couldn’t refuse and ordered 279,000 cases of apples worth a whopping $5,585,580 paid for by the federal government. The deal was part of an effort between the feds and the state Office of General Services to give schools fresh produce from the US…

Over a decade ago, when Dr. Drew Ramsey was writing a book on a diet that could make people happier, he found himself on the streets of New Orleans looking for a bite after late-night revelry at a wedding. Despite it being morning, he ordered a plate of oysters. “New Orleans was the first place I ever had oysters for breakfast,” he recalled. The mollusks became an oft-recommended part of his clinical practice as a nutritional psychiatrist when patients came to him with problems like anxiety and depression. Oysters are rich in vitamin B12, shown to protect against brain shrinkage. They…